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BREW-MIKUTTER-CVE-2025-71406 (GHSA-MRXW-MXHJ-P664)

Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-27 12:38 – Updated: 2026-08-27 12:38 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
Nokogiri updates packaged libxslt to v1.1.43 to resolve multiple CVEs
Details

Summary

Nokogiri v1.18.4 upgrades its dependency libxslt to v1.1.43.

libxslt v1.1.43 resolves:

  • CVE-2025-24855: Fix use-after-free of XPath context node
  • CVE-2024-55549: Fix UAF related to excluded namespaces

Impact

CVE-2025-24855

  • "Use-after-free due to xsltEvalXPathStringNs leaking xpathCtxt->node"
  • MITRE has rated this 7.8 High CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • Upstream report: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/issues/128
  • NVD entry: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24855

CVE-2024-55549

  • "Use-after-free related to excluded result prefixes"
  • MITRE has rated this 7.8 High CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • Upstream report: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/issues/127
  • NVD entry: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55549
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "fix": null,
        "range_state": "affected",
        "resource": "nokogiri",
        "resource_purl": "pkg:gem/nokogiri@1.16.3",
        "upstream_fixed_in": "1.18.4"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Homebrew",
        "name": "mikutter",
        "purl": "pkg:brew/mikutter"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "database_specific": {
    "confidence": "high",
    "source": "matched",
    "strategy": "registry",
    "upstream_evidence": [
      {
        "ecosystem": "RubyGems",
        "key": "pkg:gem/nokogiri@1.16.3",
        "name": "nokogiri",
        "resource": "nokogiri",
        "strategy": "registry",
        "subject_version": "1.16.3"
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "## Summary\n\nNokogiri v1.18.4 upgrades its dependency libxslt to [v1.1.43](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/releases/v1.1.43).\n\nlibxslt v1.1.43 resolves:\n\n- CVE-2025-24855: Fix use-after-free of XPath context node\n- CVE-2024-55549: Fix UAF related to excluded namespaces\n\n## Impact\n\n### CVE-2025-24855\n\n- \"Use-after-free due to xsltEvalXPathStringNs leaking xpathCtxt-\u003enode\"\n- MITRE has rated this 7.8 High CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H\n- Upstream report: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/issues/128\n- NVD entry: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24855\n\n### CVE-2024-55549\n\n- \"Use-after-free related to excluded result prefixes\"\n- MITRE has rated this 7.8 High CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H\n- Upstream report: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/issues/127\n- NVD entry: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55549",
  "id": "BREW-mikutter-CVE-2025-71406",
  "modified": "2026-08-27T12:38:44Z",
  "published": "2026-08-27T12:38:44Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/security/advisories/GHSA-mrxw-mxhj-p664"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55549"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24855"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/issues/127"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/issues/128"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.3",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Nokogiri updates packaged libxslt to v1.1.43 to resolve multiple CVEs",
  "upstream": [
    "GHSA-mrxw-mxhj-p664",
    "CVE-2025-71406"
  ]
}



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